Biography Cuban born, Aida Birritteri emigrated to the US in 1968 at the age of three. She grew up in the City of Elizabeth, NJ, where her family settled. She married in 1994, and in the spring of 1997 moved to High Bridge, Hunterdon County, NJ, where she raised two daughters.
Aida drew all her life and began to paint as an undergraduate while attending Rutgers University's Mason Gross School of Art. She flourished at the art school and was thought of as a "painter's painter" by her peers. She received a BFA degree in 1990.
Aida exhibited her works on paper at Woman-o Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, in 2020 and Gallery on Fourth, Easton, PA, in 2020. Her work has been accepted and exhibited at regional, national and international juried shows in the Tri-State area of NJ, NY and PA. She exhibited at the juried International Works on Paper 2024 exhibition held at Long Beach Island Foundation of Art and Science, NJ; the 47th International Watermedia Exhibition held at WASH-H Houston, Tx, 2024, where she received a Merit award; the Adirondacks National Exhibition of American Watercolors 2022 and 2023: the Allied Artists of America Annual juried show, 2018.
Memberships to artist organizations include the National Association of Women Artists, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, and several other organizations in the Delaware Valley NJ/PA. She has given workshops and demos for the Garden State Watercolor Society, Warren County Arts, NJ, and has taught classes and given workshops at AOY Art Center, Yardley, PA.
Artist Statement I create works on paper, on canvas pad, and gessoed masonite. The mediums I use are watercolor, INK, gouache and acrylic. I search within myself and see colors and shapes. I follow the paint as I work. Every color harmony has music that vibrates within the soul of both the artist and the viewer. These lyrical interpretations of sound reach out to an audience like a song. My inspiration came about by meditation and spiritual connections to the sounds of wildlife and water found at the South Branch of the Raritan River which runs beside walking trails of Hunterdon County, NJ.
